Iran Press/ Europe: Swedish Health Agency official Sara Byfors told a news conference Saturday that the traveler had been isolating and that no further positive cases had so far been detected.
The unidentified traveler was staying in Sormland, south of Stockholm, according to Signe Makitalo, a regional infection control doctor. The new variant is thought to be more transmissible than others currently circulating.
"The person that tested positive with the virus traveled to Sormland from Great Britain for a visit over Christmas," Makitalo said, adding that the risk of further contagion from the case was considered extremely limited.
Sweden imposed travel restrictions earlier this month on passengers from Britain amid concerns over the variant. Similar measures have been taken by several other countries in the EU and across the world.
Cases of the more contagious variant of Covid-19 identified in the UK have been confirmed in several other European countries including Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
The cases also documented in Japan, Australia, and Lebanon, despite efforts to curb its spread through massive global disruptions in travel and movement.
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